{"id":354,"date":"2014-03-17T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/ashton-under-lyne\/?p=354"},"modified":"2014-12-18T12:55:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T11:55:05","slug":"tameside-big-poppy-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/ashton-under-lyne\/2014\/03\/17\/tameside-big-poppy-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Tameside Big Poppy Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/poppyenvelope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/poppyenvelope-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Winning Design Poppy Evelope\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/poppyenvelope-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/poppyenvelope.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winning Design Poppy Evelope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By focusing on the red of the remembrance poppy you can help Tameside become a greener place this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The council\u2019s cultural services teams is inviting schools, community groups and residents to join in Tameside&#8217;s Big Poppy Plant, a project to commemorate the centenary of the start the First World War by growing a poppy.<\/p>\n<p>During March and April it\u2019s hoped that seeds will be sown in gardens, school grounds, community beds and waste ground in all corners of the borough to produce a striking and spectacular scarlet display by the time the 100th anniversary of Britain\u2019s entry into the conflict occurs on August 4.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0winner of the competition to design the commemorative seed packets, was\u00a0Beth Weilding age 10 from Buckton Vale Primary School in Stalybridge.<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/poppyplant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-356\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/poppyplant-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashton Soroptimists joined this event by planting Poppy seeds on Saturday 8th March, (which was International Women&#8217;s Day) in Victoria Park, Denton. Through the spring and summer we hope to see the poppies grow and flourish, see the photos below. The club will also be joining in the &#8220;Poppy Tree Display&#8221; for Armed Forces Day on 29th June, where knitted and crotched poppies will be displayed in\u00a0Victoria Park in the shape of a tree after which they will be sewn together to make a lasting memorial banner which will be displayed at Remembrance events and in the Central Library.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-363\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0073-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0073\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-362\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0072-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0072\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-361\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0071-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0071\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-360\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0070-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0070\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-358\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN0068-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0068\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/May-4811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-368\" src=\"\/ashton-under-lyne\/files\/2014\/03\/May-4811-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"May 481\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By focusing on the red of the remembrance poppy you can help Tameside become a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":500,"featured_media":356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,13,15],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-british-legion","tag-poppies","tag-world-war-i"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tameside Big Poppy Plant | News | Blog | Events | SI Ashton under Lyne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Ashton under Lyne : Blog &amp; News : Tameside Big Poppy Plant : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Ashton under Lyne . 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